India / Goa
Candolim Beach
Candolim Beach is a 3.5 km-long beach facing west-south-west in Candolim (Goa, India). The sea averages 29.6 °C in May, its warmest month, and 27.3 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Candolim Beach
Beach-day index 8.5/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 27.6 °C | 27.6 °C | 28.5 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.2 °C | 28.1 °C | 27.3 °C | 27.5 °C | 28.5 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.2 °C |
| High °C | 31° | 34° | 36° | 37° | 34° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 65 | 350 | 426 | 341 | 200 | 113 | 22 | 2 |
| Cloud % | 35 | 27 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 88 | 95 | 90 | 80 | 62 | 45 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Daylight h | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| Record high/low | 36°/10° | 39°/11° | 41°/11° | 42°/15° | 42°/19° | 39°/20° | 30°/19° | 31°/19° | 31°/18° | 33°/13° | 34°/10° | 34°/10° |
| Beach index | 9.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in November–January; January scores 9.6/10 with highs of 31 °C, sea at 27.6 °C and 1 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 28.3 °C, warmer than 92% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (426 mm) and January the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 1,550 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.2 hours in December to 13.0 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 07:04 and sets at 18:22 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (255°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 19:06 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 13 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 16 m above sea level 500 m inland and 35 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 51% tree cover, 33% built-up land and 7% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Tree 51%
- Built 33%
- Grass 7%
- Bare 6%
- Crop 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 426 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July and August.
Average daytime highs reach 37 °C in April.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 114Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 7Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 222Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Grocery shops
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 10Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 85 restaurants, 10 cafés, 15 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 222 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goa Dabolim International Airport Vasco da Gama | GOI | 17.1 km | south-east |
| Manohar International Airport Mopa | GOX | 27.3 km | north-east |
| Sindhudurg Airport Chipi | SDW | 59.4 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km and 7 mapped car parks within 1 km.
16 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 248.4K residents); within 30 km there are 54 (about 778.6K).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candolim Beach | – | 29.6 °C | 3.5 km | – |
| Calangute Beach | 2.8 km N | 29.6 °C | 2.3 km | – |
| Miramar Beach | 6.6 km SE | 29.6 °C | 2.6 km | – |
| Vagator Beach | 9.4 km N | 29.6 °C | 391 m | – |
- Calangute Beach2.8 km NCompare
- Miramar Beach6.6 km SECompare
- Vagator Beach9.4 km NCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 19.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w397051478; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_43PCT_20230305_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 246K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.